PodCamp Nashville was a massive success this past weekend. The blog posts and tweets have been so positive.

While the mandate of Podcamp is that everyone is equal and everyone is a rock star, there are some rock stars I want to highlight here.

These stars are the people who spent their Tuesday evenings meeting for the past few months. They spent endless hours tweaking documents, writing copy, designing ads, brainstorming marketing ideas, contacting sponsors, scheduling sessions, confirming location logistics, managing budget, and much, much more. They are the PodCamp Nashvile 2010 crew.

Scott Justice
Andrew Duthie
Julie Moore
Lucas Hendrickson
Dani Heileman
Erin Cubert
Brad Blackman
Brett Henley
Julia Corrigan
John Ellis
Stephen Yeargin
Darren Crawford
Jason Beck
May Hwen
Courtenay Rogers
Jessica Murray
Chuck Bryant
Les Gebhardt
Kate O’Neill
Thomas Vaughn

I’ve created a Twitter list of the PCN10 Crew you can follow to see what these incredible people are tweeting. I’d advise following it for a wealth of genius and humor.

Without these people there wouldn’t have been a PodCamp 2010. Next time you see them please say thank you, buy them a drink, give them a hug!

And thank YOU if you attended or sponsored PCN10.

Fan us on Facebook for PodCamp 2011. We’ll need your help, so consider becoming a rock star now.

Please tag your photos with BCN09.

Many people asked me why I wasn’t going to Blog World Expo in Las Vegas this weekend. I would have loved to be there, but how could I possibly miss a rocking event right in my own town? Yesterday was the third BarCamp Nashville and it was bigger and better than ever.

I raise a toast to the organizers: Chuck Bryant, Scot Justice, Lucas Hendrickson, Kate O’Neill, Brad Blackman, Eric Chuff Shuff, Tom Cheredar, Andrew Duthie, Julia Corrigan, Doris Palomino, Darren Crawford, Winston Hearn, Scott Peave, Marissa Benchea, Heidi Short, Dan Cotton and Jessica Murray.

I understand that 600 people had registered for BCN09 and there were 75 registrations at the door. The Cadillac Ranch was jam packed with people in every nook and cranny, it was the perfect venue. Check out the pictures to truly get feel of the place.

It was fantastic reconnecting with old friends I hadn’t seen in ages and making so many new ones. Thanks to CentreSource and the Tennessean for the beers .

Roderick summarized it so well on his blog post, BarCamp Nashville ’09:

The takeaway of the day: I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: It’s all about relationships. Guess what? It’s (still) all about relationships. To create and nurture relationships you have to be yourself. These manufactured, overly-polished online personas are easy to see through. It’s like the guy whose hand you’re shaking while he’s looking at the next person he’s trying to get to. FAIL! Be present. Be engaged. Be yourself. You don’t have to be charming, just be sincere.

My only regret was not seeing enough sessions, there were so many incredible ones to choose from that I couldn’t attend them all. On top of this I often got caught between sessions in conversations outside of the session rooms, that however is never a regret.

I’m so excited about what’s next for Nashville technology community. I think Marcus Whitney hit the nail on the head that we need to keep bringing more talent to this town, so that we’ll continue growing and we’ll all be better off. Chris Ennis had a great presentation where he encouraged people interested in starting something to do so. Just do it people!

Thanks again to everyone involved, you all truly rock!